Best of 2015

2015 has been my best year yet as a photographer. I feel that my skills have developed more and I am taking on different subject matter. I have sold almost twice as much as the previous year, and I have been branching out into some new styles. Here a list in no order of my top images of the year. Now not all these images were taken this year but they were worked up and released this year.

This first one is from the Palouse. I finally got a sunrise trip to Steptoe Butte and was well rewarded. I love the tones of yellow with the rolling hills in the foreground and the mountains in the background. This is the true Golden Hour!

This is am image that I actually took in the fall of 2014 but struggled with how to work it up. I got frustrated because I couldn't do it justice. The light was amazing. Fog and the thick forest softened the light and created a magical curtain that blanketed the picnic area. It wasn't until I experimented with a few black and white versions that I new this is how the photo was meant to be presented.

This next photo is one of my favorites if not my favorite of the year. I also have a version in Black and white that I almost like more as it shows off the textures and shadows. On this day I didn't have a very successful day shooting sunset. Because of all the fires, the hot weather, no clouds and so much dust and smoke in the air it was tough to get a something I was happy with. On my way down from Steptoe I saw this tree and figured I would try some shots of it since nothing else worked. The moment I got home and opened this image on the computer screen I knew I had something special. Everything from the last rays of the sun to the shadows bouncing off the hills in the background.

I had several images that I took at sunrise around the docks of Tofino that I was fond of so I picked the one that was by far the favorite by visitors to my websites. This one was actually worked up and presented as a tribute towards a horrible boating accident that happened a little over a week after we had left. Jamie's whaling station (located on the far right of the image) had one of their tour boats out looking for whales when it capsized killing several tourists that were on board. A beautiful sunrise is a great symbol for hope and new beginnings.

The next image would fall more in the category of digital painting. It is still a photo that I took but I have worked it up through an application that gives it a painterly look. This year I have been doing a lot more digital painting image in hopes to diversify my portfolio. This is also one of those images that I took several years ago but was never happy with it until now.

While there were many more that deserve to be on the list, I welcome you to be the judge and pick out your favorites on either one of my websites. I also want to send out a huge Thank You to all that have followed my journey this year and those have have purchased my images. I can't wait to see the challenges that 2016 brings in the chase for amazing light. Thank you again and have a Happy New Year!

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